LeMay Papers
Curtis
E. LeMay papers,
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Title - Curtis
E. LeMay papers,
Summary
Correspondence,
diaries, speeches, teletype messages, flight orders, mission reports, strategic
plans and operation reports, appointment calendars, commissions, certificates,
scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning
LeMay's career as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
Documents his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, commands in the European and
China-Burma-India theaters during World War II, and supervision of strategic
air operations against Japan involving saturation bombing of Japanese cities.
Also documents his assignment as special deputy to the Air Matériel Command,
U.S. Army Air Forces; deputy chief of air staff for research and development,
Washington, D.C.; commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe including his role
in the Berlin Airlift of 1948; head of the Strategic Air Command, U.S. Air
Force, 1948-1957; and chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, 1961-1965. Subjects
include his advocacy of increased defense spending, promotion of aggressive
nuclear strategy, and clash with the John F. Kennedy presidential
administration over the Cuban missile crisis. Also includes material pertaining
to his 1968 campaign as the vice presidential candidate on the American
Independent Party ticket led by Alabama Governor George C. Wallace.
Contributor
Names
LeMay,
Curtis E.
Subject
Headings
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United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963
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United States--Politics and government--1963-1969
Notes
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Arranged in ten series. Series 1: Special Personal Correspondence, 1935-1964;
Series 2: Command Assignment Papers, 1918-1965; Series 3: Miscellany,
1918-1965; Series 4: Campaign Papers, 1968-1969; Series 5: Classified,
1947-1964; Series 6: Top Secret, 1948-1964; Series 7: Restricted Data
(Classified), 1948-1964; Series 8: Restricted Data (Top Secret), 1948-1964;
Series 9: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1954; and Series 10: Oversize,
1951-1952.
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Gift and deposit converted to gift, Curtis E. LeMay, 1965-1969.
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Motion picture films, tape recording, soundscriber recordings, and phonograph
recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and
Recorded Sound Division.
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Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division.
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Some photographs and other pictorial material transferred to Library of
Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Aviator and U.S. Army and Air Force officer. Full name: Curtis Emerson LeMay.
Born, 1906. Died, 1990.
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Collection material in English.
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Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and
at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014063
Medium
131,550
items.
243
containers plus 14 classified and 4 oversize.
90
linear feet.
Repository
Library
of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Library
of Congress Control Number
mm82029918
Access
Advisory
Open to
research.
Classified,
in part.
Language
English
Description
Correspondence,
diaries, speeches, teletype messages, flight orders, mission reports, strategic
plans and operation reports, appointment calendars, commissions, certificates,
scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning
LeMay's career as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
Documents his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, commands in the European and
China-Burma-India theaters during World War II, and supervision of strategic
air operations against Japan involving saturation bombing of Japanese cities.
Also documents his assignment as special deputy to the Air Matériel Command,
U.S. Army Air Forces; deputy chief of air staff for research and development,
Washington, D.C.; commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe including his role
in the Berlin Airlift of 1948; head of the Strategic Air Command, U.S. Air
Force, 1948-1957; and chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, 1961-1965. Subjects
include his advocacy of increased defense spending, promotion of aggressive
nuclear strategy, and clash with the John F. Kennedy presidential
administration over the Cuban missile crisis. Also includes material pertaining
to his 1968 campaign as the vice presidential candidate on the American
Independent Party ticket led by Alabama Governor George C. Wallace.
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